Charo Penedo, New Sales Rep for Fred Media in Spain and Other European Countries
Fred Media, the content arm of Australia’s WTFN Group, announced a European‑focused sales overhaul effective June 1. The company hired Charo Penedo in Madrid to sell its catalogue across Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux, Italy, Greece and Turkey, while Malgorzata “Malgo” Gudel will cover Germany, Central‑Eastern Europe and the Nordics from Warsaw. Existing North American consultant Judy Levenson will now also manage the UK & Ireland, and Kate Llewellyn‑Jones will steer cross‑company partnership strategy. The moves aim to capitalize on rising demand for scripted and factual programming on linear and digital platforms.
Broadcasters and Streamers: The New Friend Zone?
Broadcasters and streaming platforms are moving from rivalry to strategic partnership, creating hybrid offerings that blend linear TV, OTT, and FAST channels. Major alliances such as TelevisaUnivision with Hulu, Comcast’s NOW TV Latino bundle, and Globo’s consolidation under Globoplay illustrate a new,...
Netflix Could Join Race for 2030 FIFA World Cup Rights
Netflix’s VP of Sports, Gabe Spitzer, said the streamer is ready to discuss acquiring broadcast rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The interest comes as Fox’s U.S. rights package ends after the 2026 tournament, leaving a potential opening for...
Animotion Media Group Partners with SKIDOS to Expand Educational Content for Children Worldwide
Animotion Media Group announced a partnership with SKIDOS to bring four of its animated franchises—The Fixies, Kikoriki, Tina & Tony, and Beardy Bodo—to the subscription‑based educational platform in English. SKIDOS, which serves children aged three to eight across the United...
Movistar Plus+ Announces Reorganization of Its Editorial and Executive Structure
Movistar Plus+ unveiled a major editorial and executive overhaul, centering its strategy around dedicated content and sports pillars. CEO Alfonso Gómez Palacio appointed Juan Andrés García Ropero to lead a newly structured Content division comprising four specialized units, while Enric Rojas stays in charge of Business...
Paramount Dazzles with Original IPs and Major Franchises at Los Angeles Screening
Paramount Global Content Distribution staged its annual Los Angeles screening on May 16, showcasing a mixed slate of original TV dramas, a half‑hour comedy and an aggressive film lineup. The TV slate features five new series such as the science‑drama "Einstein," the...
LA Screenings Independents Is Undergoing a Necessary Reinvention
The 2026 edition of LA Screenings Independents (LASI) concluded at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, marking a venue shift aimed at better aligning with its scaled‑down format. More than 50 independent exhibitors showcased new titles, but buyer attendance lagged,...
TV Azteca Internacional Launches Production Services Division for the US Hispanic Market
TV Azteca Internacional has unveiled a new Production Services division aimed at the U.S. Hispanic market. The hub provides 360° end‑to‑end solutions—including creation, playout, multichannel delivery and real‑time supervision—leveraging Mexico’s talent pool and advanced infrastructure. Led by Production Director Julián...
Canal 13 Bets on Multiplatform Innovation
Canal 13 is expanding its content ecosystem by launching a new production hub in Chile and rolling out a slate of reality, cultural and micro‑drama formats. The network is reviving its reality series “Vecinos al límite” while premiering a second...
ATV Distribution Announces the Second Season of A.B.I.
ATV Distribution announced that the Turkish drama A.B.I. (A Broken Inheritance) has been renewed for a second season after dominating Turkish ratings since its Jan. 13 debut. The series, produced by OGM Pictures and starring Kenan Imirzalıoğlu, led the distributor’s catalog at...
Record TV’s Reinvention Shines in 4K
Record TV is undergoing a strategic overhaul, highlighted by its biggest-ever investment in Brazilian football rights and a bold push into high‑definition production. The network has fully remastered its flagship telenovela *The Slave Isaura*, upgrading it from SD to 4K...
Electric Entertainment Seeks New Partnerships in Latin America
Electric Entertainment used its Los Angeles screening to pitch a robust slate for Latin America, headlined by the franchise *The Librarians*—three films, two seasons and a new series in development. The lineup also includes *Leverage: Redemption*, *The Ark*, *One Big Happy Family* and the...
Discovery en Español Sets US Premiere for New Mexican Lucha Libre League LM52
Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Hispanic network Discovery en Español will launch LM52, a new Mexican lucha libre league, on May 17. The weekly program airs Sundays at 9 PM ET/PT and runs through mid‑December, featuring high‑impact matches and character‑driven storylines. Produced...
From Ratings to Fandom: How Content Value Has Shifted in the Global Marketplace
The global audiovisual market is moving from pure ratings to fandom‑driven value, emphasizing loyalty, cultural relevance, and expandable universes. Netflix has made this shift explicit, positioning large‑scale events and transmedia storytelling as core growth engines. Recent fan‑driven activations, such as...
Dori Media to Present New Docuseries Seekers at LA Screenings
Dori Media will debut its six‑part docuseries "Seekers" at LA Screenings, featuring stars like Edgar Ramírez, Riley Keough and Jamie‑Lynn Sigler. The series was filmed across four continents and delves into ancient healing rituals, grief, identity and the global mental‑health...
TelevisaUnivision Unveils New Programming Slate at 2026-27 Upfront
TelevisaUnivision unveiled its 2026‑27 programming slate in New York, highlighting a robust lineup that includes ten new telenovelas, returning reality hits, and a host of unscripted and music offerings. The company announced the return of iconic host Don Francisco for...
Telefilms Bets On Live Sports and Adds MMA to Its Content Strategy
Telefilms announced a strategic agreement to acquire commercialization and exhibition rights for Flex Fight Series, a New York‑based MMA promotion. The deal guarantees at least 15 live MMA events per year, expanding Telefilms’ catalog beyond film and traditional entertainment. By...
Talpa Studios’ The House of Hide & Seek Heads to Spain with RTVE
Talpa Studios announced that its family‑entertainment format The House of Hide & Seek will receive its first international adaptation in Spain, produced by public broadcaster RTVE in partnership with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain. Recording will occur in the Netherlands ahead of the...
Atresmedia Sales: The Recipe for Success with Innovative Ingredients
Atresmedia Sales, the international distribution arm of Spain’s leading media group, presented an expansive slate at LA Screenings 2026, highlighting recent scripted hits and a growing true‑crime catalog. The company is rolling out three exclusive series—Ágata y Lola, A la...
EndemolShine Boomdog Presents First-Ever 24/7 Live MasterChef in Mexico
EndemolShine Boomdog, part of Banijay Americas, is debuting MasterChef Mexico 24/7 on May 17, streaming live around the clock via Disney+ and airing six days a week on TV Azteca. The format places contestants, mentors and judges in a purpose‑built house where they live,...
ITV Studios Signs Unscripted Deal with WBD for Latin America
ITV Studios has secured a high‑volume unscripted content deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for its Discovery and Discovery Home & Health channels throughout Latin America. The agreement delivers over 60 hours of premium series, including Worlds Apart, Ashley Cain into the Danger...
Brazilian Initiative HBF+Brazil Celebrates Successful Pilot Edition
The Hubert Bals Fund, together with Projeto Paradiso, RioFilme, Spcine and Embratur, is extending the HBF+Brazil co‑development initiative after a pilot that awarded ten Brazilian fiction projects €10,000 (≈ $10,900) each. The success was highlighted at IFFR 2026, where two funded projects...
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and US Soccer Extend Media Rights Agreement
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Enterprises has extended its exclusive Spanish-language media rights with the U.S. Soccer Federation through 2030. The deal covers the men’s and women’s senior national teams, as well as youth squads, delivering more than 20 matches annually across Telemundo,...
FlixLatino Launches Free AVOD Service
FlixLatino, a leading Spanish‑language streaming platform in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, launched a free ad‑supported (AVOD) service that does not overlap with its premium catalog. The new tier provides more than 10,000 hours of content, including over 250 movies...
Paramount+ and DSports Take the FIFA World Cup to Latin America
Paramount+ and DSports have forged a strategic alliance to broadcast every one of the 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup across six key Latin American markets—Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. The partnership delivers 24/7 live streams...
WBITVP Spain and Atresmedia Present New Season of The Wheel
Warner Bros. International Television Production Spain and Atresmedia have started filming a new season of the game‑show format The Wheel, returning to Spain three years after its debut as El círculo de los famosos. The revived series will be hosted...
Beta Film Announces Sales to Spain and Portugal for Empathy, Plus Negotiations in Latam
Beta Film has secured broadcast deals for the Canadian‑French series Empathy in Spain and Portugal, adding to recent premieres in Australia and Greece. The Crave and Canal+ original has already logged more than 10 million views on Canal+ France and collected...
Disney Tops Expectations as D’Amaro Spotlights Streaming Growth
Disney reported Q2 2026 revenue of $25.2 billion, up 7%, and adjusted EPS of $1.57, surpassing forecasts. Streaming operating income surged 88% as Disney+ and Hulu added new titles and expanded international originals. CEO Josh D’Amaro highlighted a strategy centered on streaming,...
Keshet’s The Search Gets Two Further Adaptations in Spain
Keshet International’s game‑show format “The Search,” broadcast in Spain as “Sopa de Letras,” is receiving two new adaptations. Telemadrid will debut a €10,000 (≈$10,800) jackpot version hosted by journalist Jota Abril, while Aragón TV launches a children’s spin‑off, Sopa de...
The Full Agenda for NEM Dubrovnik 2026 Is Now Revealed
The NEM Dubrovnik 2026 conference unveiled a record‑breaking agenda, drawing more than 300 companies, 200 CEE buyers and 150 exhibitors—a 50% market growth over last year. Over 80 speakers will address structural shifts, new business models, AI‑driven discovery, hybrid distribution,...
Netflix Unveils Trailer for Dibu Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time
Netflix has released the trailer for "Dibu Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time," an animated‑documentary that chronicles Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez’s journey from a Mar del Plata child to World Cup hero. The feature, produced by PEGSA and directed by...
The Kitchen: 25 Years of Serving Innovation
The Kitchen marks its 25th anniversary, having grown from a three‑person startup to a global localization powerhouse that serves major studios such as NBCUniversal, Paramount and the BBC. The company’s early software suite earned two Primetime Emmy Awards, cementing its...
Prayan Animation: A Steady Ship in Rough Seas
Prayan Animation, a 14‑year‑old Indian studio, is positioning itself as a reliable partner for international producers amid tighter budgets and faster timelines. The company emphasizes disciplined execution, predictability, and a broad service suite that now includes 2D OTT series, educational...
Calinos Entertainment Brings Gilded Lies to the International Market
Calinos Entertainment has secured worldwide distribution rights to the Turkish drama *Gilded Lies (Rüya Gibi)* and will present the series at the upcoming LA Screenings and NEM Dubrovnik markets. Produced by TMC Film and starring Seda Bakan, Uğur Güneş and...
Conmebol and Offline Sports Begin Filming Conmebol Libertadores 2026: La Gloria Eterna
Conmebol and production firm Offline Sports have begun filming "Conmebol Libertadores 2026: La gloria eterna," an 11‑episode documentary series that will be the first official on‑screen chronicle of South America’s premier club competition. The series will follow all 32 qualified...
Netflix Breaks New Sports Streaming Record with Supernova: Genesis
Netflix’s Supernova: Genesis live stream attracted a peak of over 6.5 million viewers worldwide and retained more than 5.5 million viewers for its four‑hour broadcast. The event became the second‑largest Netflix live offering in Mexico, overtaking the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson...
Content Europe Announces 2027 Dates
Content Europe has set its 2027 edition for April 18‑20 in Lisbon, following a successful inaugural event that attracted 873 delegates and 547 companies. The three‑day market will keep its format‑centric focus while expanding into documentary, factual, drama and kids...
DSports Announces Unprecedented Coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
DSports announced it will be the sole broadcaster of every one of the 104 matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first tournament staged across the United States, Mexico and Canada. The network will deliver roughly 900 hours of...
Conecta Magaluf-Mallorca Unveils 26 Projects Competing In Its Four Pitching Sessions
Conecta Magaluf‑Mallorca’s tenth edition will host four international pitching sessions in Mallorca from May 25‑28, featuring 26 projects chosen from 271 submissions submitted by creators in 34 countries. The event attracted a strong European (44%) and American (49%) presence, with Spain...
Electric Entertainment Acquires Worldwide Rights to O Horizon
Electric Entertainment announced it has acquired exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the sci‑fi drama O Horizon, starring Academy Award‑nominee Maria Bakalova and veteran David Strathairn. The film will open with a platform release in New York on June 12 through Variance, while...
The Live Revenge: Sports Are Taking Back Power in the Age of Infinite Content
Live sports have become the scarcest, highest‑value asset as AI turns scripted content into a commodity. Record‑breaking viewership—Super Bowl LIX’s 127.7 million audience and Netflix’s 65 million NFL stream—show live events command attention like no on‑demand format. In Latin America, 76% of...
Monica Albuquerque, New Head of Original Content for Disney+ Brazil
The Walt Disney Company Latin America has appointed Monica Albuquerque as Head of Original Content for Disney+ Brazil. Reporting to Daniel Burman, she will steer creative strategy and development of Brazilian original productions. Albuquerque brings more than three decades of...
Disney Appoints Henri Ringel as VPS and General Manager for Central and Latin America
The Walt Disney Company Latin America announced Henri Ringel as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Central and South America, effective May 1. Ringel will also keep his role as Head of Content Sales and Acquisitions for the broader Latin...
Netflix, Globo and Super RTL Acquire Federation Kids & Family’s K-Pop Series
Federation Kids & Family’s K‑pop‑themed dramedy *Gangnam Project* secured a wave of new international deals. Netflix acquired Season 1 for multiple territories on Jan 30 2026, while Brazil’s Globo took the same season for the local market. Season 2 was picked up by Super...
Nippon TV Names Nick Ower Director of Development and Sales, Unscripted, for North and Latin America
Nippon TV’s Los Angeles office appointed Nick Ower as Director of Development and Sales, Unscripted, for North and Latin America. Ower will champion the company’s unscripted format catalogue, representing both Nippon TV and Gyokuro Studio to broadcasters, streaming platforms, and...
Pink Parrot Media to Distribute Rafa Nadal Animated Feature, Winner
Pink Parrot Media (PPM) has taken on worldwide sales—excluding Spain and India—for the upcoming 3D animated comedy‑adventure *Winner*, produced by Paratha Entertainment with the Rafa Nadal Foundation. The film follows 12‑year‑old Uma’s quest to become a top tennis player, reflecting...
Rise Studios and Inter Medya Announce Start First Co-Production, Caged Love
Rise Studios and Turkey’s Inter Medya have begun filming their first co‑produced series, *Caged Love* (Tutsak Sevda). The romantic drama, directed by Canan Çelik and starring Eslem Akar and Mert Altınışık, is being shot on location in Turkey. Both companies describe...
Banijay Kids & Family to Manage Care Bears YouTube Channels
Banijay Kids & Family has signed a global agreement with Cloudco Entertainment to manage the Care Bears YouTube channels in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and French. The partnership gives Banijay stewardship over the brand’s extensive library of series, specials, movies and...
BossaNova Takes Unscripted Slate to Content Europe
International distributor BossaNova presented a fresh slate of unscripted series at Content Europe in Lisbon, targeting global broadcasters. The lineup includes "Guy Martin: Proper Jobs," "Classic Car Kings," "Heist: Robbing the Bank of England," "Red River Gold," and "Roman Empire...
PBS Distribution Takes Unscripted Slate to Content Europe
PBS Distribution used this week’s Content Europe market in Lisbon to debut a new unscripted catalog, featuring five documentary titles across science, wellness, and current affairs. The science slate includes "Rain Bomb," which investigates sudden, destructive downpours, "The Real Truth,"...